| Time | Venue | Plenary/Committee |
| Monday 18 May 2026 |
| 12:00 PM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| Tuesday 19 May 2026 |
| 10:30 AM | Assembly Chamber | Plenary Session |
| 1:00 PM | Room 106 | Business Committee
Closed from 1:00 PM (30 mins)
Committee Business |
| 1:15 PM | Room 30 | Chairpersons' Liaison Group
Closed from 1:15 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 1:25 PM (20 mins)
Committee Induction Programme
Closed from 1:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Wednesday 20 May 2026 |
| 10:00 AM | Room 21 | Audit Committee
Public from 10:00 AM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 10:15 AM (30 mins)
Committee consideration of Codification workstream
Closed from 10:45 AM (25 mins)
Audit Committee Feasibility Study - Job Evaluation to determine the future salary payable for the office of Comptroller & Auditor General for Northern Ireland – Update
Closed from 11:10 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 29 | Committee for Infrastructure
Public from 10:00 AM (30 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:30 AM (30 mins)
SL1 – The Road Races (Cairncastle Hill Climb) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Schools (Part-Time 20mph Speed Limit) (Amendment No. 3) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 - The Waiting Restrictions (Bedford Street, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Control of Traffic (Durham Street, Belfast) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 - The Schools (Part-Time 20mph Speed Limit) (Amendment No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Waiting Restrictions (Comber) (Amendment No. 2) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Road Traffic (Amendment) (2016 Act) (Commencement No.4) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Motorways Traffic (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Motor Vehicles (Specified Restrictions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Formal Consideration
SL1 – The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration
SL1 - The Motor Vehicles (Driving Licences) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Initial Consideration
Public from 11:00 AM (60 mins)
Draft Budget 2026-2030 - Translink – Oral Evidence
• Mr Chris Conway, Translink
• Mr Ian Campbell, Translink
• Mr Ronan O'Doherty, Translink
Public from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
Implementation Of The Reservoirs Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 - Consideration of Evidence
Closed from 12:15 PM (30 mins)
Water, Sustainable Drainage and Flood Management Bill - Further Deliberations
Public from 12:45 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 10:00 AM | Room 30 | Committee for the Economy
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (45 mins)
Local Innovation Partnership Fund update - oral and written evidence from the Department for the Economy
• Mark Lee, DfE
• Professor Helen McCarthy, Office for Science and Technology, TEO
• Dr Adrian Johnston, Innovation City Belfast
• Professor Joann Rhodes, Health Innovation Research Alliance NI
Public from 10:50 AM (70 mins)
Chief Scientific and Technology Adviser – AI Strategy for Public Sector
• Professor Helen McCarthy, Office for Science and Technology, TEO
Public from 12:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
SR2026/87 The Education (Student Support and Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 |
| 1:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Finance
Public from 1:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 1:05 PM (60 mins)
Performance and Culture of the Northern Ireland Civil Service - Oral Briefing with the Head of the Civil Service
• Ms Jayne Brady, TEO
• Ms Jill Minne, DoF
Public from 2:05 PM (40 mins)
Review of Arms Length Bodies (ALB's) - Oral Briefing with Departmental Officials
• Mr Tony Simpson, DoF
• Ms Helen Toner, DoF
• Mr Stuart Stevenson, DoF
• Ms Sarah Wilson, DoF
Public from 2:45 PM (10 mins)
Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill - Consideration of Papers
Public from 2:55 PM (10 mins)
SL1: The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Remediable Service) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
SR 2026/XXXX The Baby Loss Certificate Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 3:05 PM (10 mins)
Outturn and Forecast Outturn - Written briefing
Public from 3:15 PM (60 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Education
Public from 2:00 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
SL1 - Special Educational Needs (SEN) Regulations 2026 - Oral Briefing and General Update by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions
• Marie O'Shea, Irish National Teachers' Organisation
• Samantha Bronze, UNISON
• Sally Rees, National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers
• Janette Murdoch, NIPSA
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
SL1 - Special Educational Needs (SEN) Regulations 2026 - Oral Briefing and General Update by the Northern Ireland Teachers' Council
Public from 3:45 PM (60 mins)
SL1 - Special Educational Needs (SEN) Regulations 2026 - Oral Briefing by DE and EA Officials
• Ms Deirdre Ward, DE
• Ms Elaine Craig, Education Authority
• Ms Julie McBride, DE
• Ms Tracey Logan, Education Authority
Public from 4:45 PM (30 mins)
General Teaching Council Bill - Committee Consideration of Report
Public from 5:15 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for The Executive Office
Public from 2:00 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:10 PM (60 mins)
Oral Briefing: Response to Module 2 of the Covid Inquiry - Departmental Officials
• Ms Jane Holmes, TEO
• Ms Maria Hannon, TEO
Public from 3:10 PM (10 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule: TEO
Public from 3:20 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| Thursday 21 May 2026 |
| 10:00 AM | Senate Chamber | Concurrent Committee of the Committee for Communities and the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 10:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 10:05 AM (55 mins)
Shaping Sustainable Places consultation: Oral briefing from the Department for Communities, Department for Infrastructure and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Mr Paul McNaught, DfC
• Ms Rosheen Thompson, DfC
• Jason Foy, DAERA
• Mr Colin Hutchinson, DfI
Public from 11:00 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business |
| 11:30 AM | Room 21 | Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
Public from 11:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:35 AM (45 mins)
Departmental Oral Evidence Session - Wildfires Action Plan
Public from 12:20 PM (15 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Seabird Conservation Strategy - Synopsis of Responses and Departmental Response to the Consultation and Updated Strategy
Public from 12:35 PM (15 mins)
SL1 - The Agriculture (Student Fees) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Noting Stage
SL1 - The Sheep Carcase Classification and Price Reporting Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026 - Decision Stage
SR 2026/XXXX - The Mandatory Use of Closed Circuit Television in Slaughterhouses Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 12:50 PM (15 mins)
Committee Business |
| 11:30 AM | Senate Chamber | Committee for Communities
Public from 11:30 AM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 11:35 AM (5 mins)
Retention and Disposal Schedule – The Executive Office
Public from 11:40 AM (45 mins)
A discussion Paper to Support Homeless Prevention in Northern Ireland: Oral briefing from Housing Rights
Public from 12:25 PM (35 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 29 | Committee for Health
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The Jam and Similar Products (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 2:10 PM (5 mins)
SL1 - The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2026
Public from 2:15 PM (45 mins)
Briefing from Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service - Overview
• CFRO Aidan Jennings, Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
Public from 3:00 PM (45 mins)
NI Law Society - Mental Capacity (Northern IrelandI) Act 2016
• Ms Claire McNamee, Law Society Northern Ireland
• Mr John O'Prey, Murlands Solicitors
• Mr Michael Graham, Cleaver Fulton Rankin Solicitors
• Ms Julie Ann Osborne, CMG Cunningham Dickey Solicitors
Public from 3:45 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Workforce Policy
Public from 3:50 PM (5 mins)
Departmental Written Briefing - Workforce strategies within the Transformation Agenda
Public from 3:55 PM (20 mins)
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Room 30 | Committee for Justice
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (60 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Probation Board for Northern Ireland oral evidence
• Ms Amanda Stewart, Probation Board NI
• Ms Gillian Montgomery, Probation Board NI
• Mr Stephen Hamilton, Probation Board NI
Public from 3:05 PM (15 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Written papers
NICTS Estate Strategy - Public consultation on the future of Limavady Courthouse – Department of Justice written paper
Youth Justice Agency - Business Plan 2026-2027 – Department of Justice written paper
Public from 3:20 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business
Closed from 3:30 PM (40 mins)
Criminal Justice (Sentencing etc) Bill - Human Rights Memorandum – Assembly Legal Services oral briefing
• Ms Htaik Win, Legal Advisor
Committee Business |
| 2:00 PM | Senate Chamber | Public Accounts Committee
Public from 2:00 PM (5 mins)
Committee Business
Public from 2:05 PM (25 mins)
Memorandum of Reply - Updates
Closed from 2:30 PM (60 mins)
Inquiry into Northern Ireland Energy Strategy - Preparation Session
Closed from 3:30 PM (10 mins)
Committee Business |